MAHOGANY TREE:

ITS BOTANICAL CHARACTERS, QUALITIES AND USES, WITH
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR SELECTING AND CUTTING

IT IN THE REGIONS OF ITS GROWTH,

IN THE

WEST INDIES AND CENTRAL AMERICA,

WITH NOTICES OF

THE PROJECTED INTEROCEANIC COMMUNICATIONS OF

PANAMA, NICARAGUA, AND TEHUANTEPEC,

IN RELATION TO THEIR PRODUCTIONS, AND THE SUPPLY OF FINE TIMBER FOR
SHIP-BUILDING AND ALL OTHER PURPOSES;

WITH A MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

AND

AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED TO THE

LLOYDS' COMMITTEE OF REGISTRY,

IN FAVOUR OF

THE USE OF MAHOGANY,

FOR THE BUILDING OF FIRST-CLASS VESSELS.

LIVERPOOL:

PRINTED BY ROCKLIFF AND SON, CASTLE-STREET.

1850.